The Chardara Dam ( kk, Shardara), also known as Chardarin Dam, is an earth-fill

embankment dam An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and ...

on the Syr Darya River in Shardara District,

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. It was constructed between 1964 and 1968 with the primary purpose of irrigation. The dam has an associated 100 MW

hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...

plant named Shardarinsk Hydroelectric Power Station. The dam provides water to the Kyzyl-Kum channel for crop irrigation. The reservoir created by the dam has a maximum storage capacity of and a surface area of . The dam has been undergoing structural rehabilitation and a power station upgrade is currently in planning. The power station's four 25 MW Kaplan turbine-generators are scheduled to be upgraded to 31.5 MW each.

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{{reflist Dams in Kazakhstan Hydroelectric power stations in Kazakhstan Earth-filled dams Dams completed in 1968 Hydroelectric power stations built in the Soviet Union 1968 establishments in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Energy infrastructure completed in 1968 Dams on the Syr Darya River

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